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Date Posted: 10:43:25 09/10/05 Sat
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Wesimbi / the Old One
's message, "the Heart of the World" on 19:07:51 08/31/05 Wed
The smallish Jellicle stood quietly for a long moment. She was scared right out of her mind, but in that same moment she was equally curious. This was a great being, and he was looking at her as if she were his favorite child.
She cleared her throat softly as she crept closer to the dragon king. "you wish me to tell you a story?"
"I do."
Again she cleared her throat, "Well sir, I am still very young yet and have not explored much. So my stories might not be of intrest to one as great as you."
He looked down at her almost kindly, "Try me."
For a moment she stammered and looked to Wes who smile his encouragement. Finally she began the only story she felt worthy of the dragon king.
"Well, when I was but five years old my family was on the run from a rather evil Jellicle who wanted to use my dad for his talents. Whatever those might have been I don't know. But my daddy told me he felt it might have had something more to do with me."
She shrugged slightly, "I actully seen nothing special about myself at the time, but that was before I knew that I could call the lightning."
She looked up slightly as she tried to remember. "I remember my whole family was walking along. My momma in the front and daddy in the rear. And we were just walking. I was actully kinda happy that night. Me and daddy had been playing a game as we walked. We always played. I think it was cause he felt bad that I didn't have a normal childhood."
She grinned slightly, "Anyway, daddy and I had been playing. I'd dash ahead and try and hide and as he'd come along he'd find me and then he'd carry me for a while. I loved my daddy."
She looked up to the dragon king and blushed lightly, "So I was hiding that night. And I was watching for my father. I knew he'd be along anytime. My momma and siblings had only just disappeared from view. And as I sat there I thought I heard something. I looked around, but I didn't SEE anything." She shrugged. "Iwent back to looking for my poppa. And there he was. Gleaming white in the moonlight. I jumped out to scare him, giggling the whole time, but so did others."
She frowned thoughtfully. "They attacked my father. Ripping and scratching. And I remember, I was SO scared. I held up one of my hands and simply said, No. And one of the attackers went alight with blue fire."
Her eyes dilated as she allowed herself to become lost in the memory. "But I was so scared, and my daddy, he told me to run. SO I did. I just ran and ran."
She sniffed lightly then and cleared her throat once more. "The next morning I woke up and there were all these Jellicles staring at me. And I sort of started hissing and growling and," She grinned slightly. "Well you can imagine what a sight I posed. Here I was tiny and wet and filthy and I was hissing and spitting at anything that got to very close to me."
"Anyway," she sighed heavily. "Munkustrap spent the day talking to me and trying to make me understand that he wasn't gonna hurt me. After a time I found that I was hungry and lonely. I asked for my poppa, but no one could find him. Munustrap told me that he wanted me to stay with him until they could find my poppa." A soft smile crossed her feline features and she looked to the dragon king. "And that my lord, is how I became Munkustraps foster daughter. To this day I call the Jellicle leader father."
She blinked once and shook her head. "Anyway, they never did find my dad. But I was gifted with Kaleadora for a younger sister. We are half related." She nodded. "Through my father. And so I know he is, or was, still out there somewhere."
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